The capital plan doubles the road paving budget to $900,000, directs $3.5 million to infrastructure, and funds engineering design for a seawall at the train station — where the village just learned it may qualify for 50% county funding. Train station…

And then, you know, over time, we've been working to reduce that. I'm just gonna say, you know, one one number I found compelling from your letter is that our, our nontax appropriations equal 41% of our total appropriations. So the monies from train …

then speaking of the train station revenues, our next chart you want you yeah. That's okay. There we go. So, you can see here, train station revenues, right, for both for both permits and daily have been increasing. So '23, 24, and '25 are the final …

the next not go one more. Yeah. So then nope. Go back. Sorry. Okay. Alright. And then so the, the slide after this one goes into the breakdown of what, how we're how we're proposing to fund this, but, we also have a $1,000,000 capital, project for th…

You know, one thing as we, you know, as we're working on the, and we we'll talk about this, I guess, in greater detail when we to the capital project. But I was very pleased to see that we've got the shoreline study in there on the capital project Ye…

Thank you so much. So, yeah, I'm Patty Buchanan from Croton one hundred. I want to introduce, the team that created this quilt. First, Audrey Supple, who was really the lead crafter, this fabric artist that has done tremendous work on this quilt, and…

Evening. Sam Watkins, 30 Lownsbury Road. I have been the elected Croton justice for almost twenty years now. In the court, when we try to decide guilt or innocence of a defendant, we tend to look at facts. So let's look at a few of the facts in the i…

So continuing. So two weeks ago on February 20, we we had the heart committee ceremony in the community room. We hung the plaque with with our seniors club in attendance for the honorees from the heart committee. The ones that are up there so far are…

Right. So I think with the LWRP, I think it probably would be good for us to take a look at those types, those projects and see if there's ones that specifically float to the top. I know, you know, in your LWRP, I mean, you do have the train station …

from both Little League on on their season opening and want to congratulate them and thank them for all the work they do. And similarly with our rotary organization asking for a train station date for September 27 for the car show, I want to thank th…

But the evening's most charged moments came during public comment, where residents pressed the board on snow removal frustrations following the recent once-in-a-decade storm. Bryan Deyo, president of the Association of Businesses, said local merchant…

Village Manager Bryan Healy noted that free train station parking had already been offered during the storm and that crews prioritized business districts—Upper Village on Wednesday and Thursday, Harmon on Friday, and North Riverside on Tuesday. Mayor…

Hey. I'm Brian, Dale from Third Universe over on North Riverside Avenue. I'm here tonight representing the associating Association of Business in Croton. I just wanna speak on the, snow and the snow removal. It's great that we have, the DPW doing the…

Hi. Sonia Fronty, North Riverside Avenue. I'm speaking, as a resident today. I rent on North Riverside. And because I rent, there are no parking spaces, so I have to park on the street. That's no big deal. You know, you alternate park twice a week. T…

Thank you, trustee Nixon. And just, just because you ended with that, I'll just, you know, say one word. The the approach we took on a lot of those issues, whether signage, time of day, even, you know, shrubbery for insulation, it was dog owners and …

Okay. Thank you. I'm gonna give a second report. Alright. Because I I do I just wanted to thank everybody for their comments, and I just wanted to thank, the mayor, for what his comments, just now because there's definite there's always room for impr…

Revenue came in about $1.1 million above final budget, driven partly by parking permits rebounding to nearly $3 million and over $400,000 from the solar facility at the train station parking lot. Expenditures rose about 5 percent, largely due to heal…

Well and and then, you know, we we have been able to innovate on the revenue side. Perfect example being we're getting over 400,000 annually from hosting the solar facility at our train station parking lot, and that's for thirty years. So that that h…

When I scheduled him, we didn't know if we were gonna have the storm the storm of the decade. You know? Alright. And speaking of that, I think so I was I was supposed to give an update on the storm in the beginning of the meeting, which because I was…

Oh, thanks. And, ditto to, trustee, Nak Taylor on both Christine and Jim and, and Ethan. Last night was Jim's first zoning board chairmanship. And, I actually watched it on television for the sole purpose of examining channel seventy eight on my own.…

Meanwhile, major infrastructure projects at the train station are moving forward. Excavation for 18 new EV charge ports—handled by contractor PISO—is slated to begin in early March, requiring a new 100-300 kVA pole-mounted transformer. Additionally, …

The superintendent also flagged that the department's large loader, described as the "workhorse" used for snow removal at the train station and loading salt, is nearing the end of its life and will likely need replacement during upcoming budget discu…

In terms of equipment? Equipment. Yeah. So I think the next big, piece of equipment scheduled to be replaced is our our loader, the large, loader. It's sort of our workhorse. We use it. We that's how we remove. That's the biggest piece of equipment u…

I mean, the kiosk is somewhere where you know, but that's just for flyers. That's you know, I don't think that would necessarily solve the speaker's question, but we do have the banner the banners that hang up at the train station Mhmm. Which certain…

digital sign No. We don't have digital sign boards. No. No. We just well, yes. In this building, we do, but not anywhere outside. So yeah. I would say the best place would be, the banner hang the banner location going into the train station. So

The meeting also brought updates on the village’s expanding EV infrastructure. A contract with Plug-In Stations Online (PISO) was signed on November 18 to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station. Installation will focus on sections D and E,…

On the solar front, the long-awaited commissioning of the train station solar canopies and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is slated for completion by the end of December. However, plans for a second, larger BESS behind the Municipal Place facil…

There was positive news regarding transportation: a contract to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station is expected to be signed this month, with a goal of completion by spring. Additionally, a Renewable Diesel pilot test is showing promise…

The BESS discussion comes as the committee races to finish existing projects before federal and state incentives expire. The village is preparing to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station next month. The $300,000 project is fully funded by…